Quotes from Ryan Higa

I never had a single big break - because few do online.

I definitely want to branch into television and mainstream.

Success is liking yourself and what you do because if you like yourself, you are happy with who you are and how you live and what you do.

Lemonade is not just made of lemons. It's barely lemons! It's mostly water and sugar! Life didn't give us that.

I was supposed to go into nuclear medicine and become a doctor.

The closest thing I have to a manager is probably my mum.

I have comedic things in my stuff, but I don't consider myself a comedian. I'm just a YouTuber, I guess just a personality.

Technically, I direct, I'm a writer, and I do all these things, but I never went to school for them. It's just something you pick up; it's like its own art, basically.

If your life has no problems, you're not really living it.

I get a lot of offers, but I'm pretty picky about what I promote.

Everything on mobile seems a lot quicker. You have direct access to each individual fan, and they can respond to you just as quickly as you sent a text message.

Thriving in the digital space is about constant commitment and engagement rather than being hit-driven like traditional media.

To me, 'success' is happiness and my top tip for happiness would be to understand and learn to use perspective.

In the beginning, every little thing used to bother me. Now, even the worst sounding things sound like a joke because I've seen everything.

It's the Internet. I'm sure many people know that it's one of the toughest places to be if you're sensitive.

I try to keep the topics trendy. If it's a rant, it's something I feel strongly about, and people will watch it because they either agree or disagree.

For the very first video I ever made, I was told to film our family reunion, or something like that, and I had so much fun with it that I just kept doing it since then - probably since seventh grade.

I try to use my influence and empower my community to always question the status quo - whether it relates to broader policy issues or YouTube gossip.

I actually started making videos in 2004, before YouTube, using a VHS camcorder, but had to take the tape with a cassette to friends' homes so that they could see it.

YouTube keeps changing, and you have to change with it.

I was doing nuclear med I didn't like it. My first semester I switched to film major. YouTube helped make that decision for me.

In making YouTube videos, you can't just be an actor, you have to also know the shots and how to write.

Fake news and rumors thrive online because few verify what's real and always bias towards content that reinforces their own biases.

I feel like more and more advertisers are coming to YouTubers.